New Inn Cottages

The New Inn Cottages are a detached house, originally a pair of cottages, dating to the late 17th or early 18th century. An outshut was added in the 19th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed from coursed limestone rubble with dressed quoins and has a Pantile roof with coped gables. A brick chimneystack stands at the south gable end, while the northern chimney has been lowered.

The house has a two-cell plan. The front elevation, facing south east, features three two-light casement windows on the ground floor and four on the first floor, with a fifth window blocked at the left-hand end. The first-floor windows have timber lintels, and the ground-floor windows have concrete lintels. A late 20th-century timber door is located towards the left-hand end, and another doorway, originally with a stone lintel, has been blocked and replaced with a window. The rear elevation, facing north west, comprises the outshut and has two-light casement windows, with a further single window to the ground-floor left-hand end, and a late 20th-century door.

Internally, the ground floor features a two-room plan. The left-hand ground-floor room has chamfered cross beams and an open fireplace with a timber bressumer and the remains of a bread oven. The room to the right also has chamfered ceiling beams. The roof structure consists of four oak trusses with double purlins, partially reinforced with modern materials.

The cottages are a good example of a late 17th or early 18th-century house retaining much of its original character and fabric, including surviving internal features. It is believed to have formerly been used as a public house.